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apriorisms

apriorisms is the plural of apriorism.

Meaning of apriorism

Noun

apriorism (countable and uncountable, plural apriorisms)

  1. The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
    • The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development.1982, Dan I Slobin, in Eric Wanner & Lila Gleitman, Language Acquisition, p. 128

Questions about apriorisms

What is apriorisms the plural of?
Apriorisms is the plural of apriorism.

Words near apriorisms in the dictionary

  1. aprindine
  2. aprinocarsen
  3. apriori
  4. aprioricity
  5. apriorism
  6. apriorisms
  7. apriorist
  8. aprioristic
  9. aprioristically
  10. apriorists
  11. apriorities

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